Store string into array in c

Question

As i know, i can create an array with item inside such as:

char *test1[3]= {\"arrtest\",\"ao\", \"123\"};

but how can i store my input into arr

Answer 1

Use a 2-dimensional array char input[3][10];
or
an array of char pointers (like char *input[3];) which should be allocated memory dynamically before any value is saved at those locations.

First Case, take input values as scanf("%s", input[0]);, similarly for input[1] and input[2]. Remember you can store a string of max size 10 (including '\0' character) in each input[i].

In second case, get input the same way as above, but allocate memory to each pointer input[i] using malloc before. Here you have flexibility of size for each string.